BILL NUMBER: AB 36	CHAPTERED  09/18/00

	CHAPTER   457
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 15, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 26, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 25, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   FEBRUARY 11, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 21, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Shelley
   (Coauthors:  Senators Burton, Johnston, and Perata)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Cunneen, Honda, and Machado)

                        DECEMBER 7, 1998

   An act relating to the San Francisco Unified School District, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 36, Shelley.   San Francisco Unified School District:  fiscal
management:  fiscal expert.
   (1) Under existing law, if at any time during the fiscal year, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that the county
office of education may be unable to meet its financial obligations
for the current or 2 subsequent fiscal years or if the county office
has met certain other requirements, he or she is required to notify
the county board of education and the county superintendent in
writing of that determination and the basis for the determination.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
take certain actions, including assigning a fiscal expert, paid for
by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to advise the county
office on its financial problems and conducting a study of the
financial and budgetary conditions of the county office, to ensure
that the county office meets its financial obligations.
   This bill would require the San Francisco Unified School District
to conduct an internal review of fiscal management and operations of
the school district that includes certain elements, including, among
others, a projection of all fund and cash balances of the district
for the current subsequent 2 fiscal years, thus imposing a
state-mandated local program.  The bill would require the school
district to prepare preliminary and final reports to the Office of
the Legislative Analyst and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on
the findings, projections, and proposals based on this internal
review of fiscal management and operations, and would require the
Office of the Legislative Analyst to review these reports and report
any concerns and recommendations to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature.
  (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
   (3) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) During the 2000-01 fiscal year, the San Francisco
Unified School District shall conduct an internal review of fiscal
management and operations of the school district which shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
   (1) Projection of all fund and cash balances of the San Francisco
Unified School District for the current and subsequent two fiscal
years, including a determination of the district's ability to meet
its current and projected financial obligations.
   (2) Proposals to address, or description of actions that have been
taken to address, any deficiencies, errors, exceptions, or adverse
findings reported by the Fiscal Crisis and Management Team, or
reported in any audit of the district's fiscal management and
operations during the current or previous three fiscal years.
   (3) Proposals to address, or descriptions of actions that have
been taken to address, any fiscal management and operations concerns
that arise during the 2000-2001 fiscal year.
   (b) The San Francisco Unified School District shall report to the
Office of the Legislative Analyst and the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee on the findings, projections and proposals of its internal
review of fiscal management and operations.  A first preliminary
report shall be submitted within four months of the effective date of
this act.  A second preliminary report shall be submitted within
eight months of the effective date of this act.  A final report shall
be submitted within 12 months of the effective date of this act.
   (c) The Legislative Analyst shall review the preliminary and final
reports on fiscal management and operations submitted by the San
Francisco Unified School District and shall report concerns and
recommendations as necessary to the appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that due to the special
circumstances surrounding the San Francisco Unified School District
that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning
of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution, and the
enactment of a special statute is therefore necessary.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
are the result of a program for which legislative authority was
requested by that local agency or school district, within the meaning
of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of Article
XIIIB of the California Constitution.
  SEC. 4.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   To immediately address the fiscal crisis in the San Francisco
Unified School District it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately as an urgency statute.
